Combined table and ironing board



July 1, 1924. 1,500,068

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ETKLTE fdTT' IIIEYER GOODMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED TABLE AND IBONING BOARD.

Application filed February 14, 1923. Serial No. 618,937.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ftTEYER GOODMAN, a citizenof the United States and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Bro-oklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Table and Ironing Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to articles of household furniture and aims for its principal object to combine as a single article of furniture a. table and ironing board whereby the article, in use as a table will house and conceal the ironing board and when the ironing board is in use said table will constitute a stand or support therefor.

As a further object the invention contemplates means for permitting of the folding and collapsing of the ironing board when not in use whereby the same may be accommodated and housed within a standard sized kitchen table.

The invention furthermore contemplates a means for holding the board in distended or open position when in use and means for ri idly supporting the same from the table.

The invention furthermore aims to provide as a new article of manufacture a combined ironing board and table which is extremely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which is highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of the table with the top in open position and the ironing board collapsed and nested into the same.

Fig. 2 is a iongitudinal sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and illustrating the ironing board in its elevated and distended position.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 11 of Fig. 1 illustrating the distention of the ironing board with the same supported at a right angle to the length of the table.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 and 11 designate respectively the side and end walls of a standard form of kitchen table which are connected together at their meeting ends by depending supporting legs 12. In lieu of having the top stationarily secured over the upper end of the table, the top 13 is connected by hinges let to the rear side wall 10 for upward swinging movement to an open position. Vithin the table frame, a longitudinal rail 15 is arranged in parallel spaced relation to the rear side wall 10. Cross rails 16 in parallel spaced relation to the end walls 11 are also provided, the same being preferably of lesser height than the walls 10 and 11 and the rail 15. These rails 16 may be employed for the purpose of supporting a drawer 17 if desired. The ironing board consists of a pair of sections 18 and 19 which are connected by links 20 and are provided with interengageable beveled confronting ends 21 and 22 whereby said sections may be arranged either in prolongation to each other or folded or collapsed to lie one above the other. As illustrated, the section 18 of the ironing board is adapted to be connected by means of the swinging yokes 23 and 24 to the table, said section 18 being pivotally and slidably associated with the yoke 23 by a pivot eye 25 which is swiveled to the section 18. A set screw 26 extends through the pivot eye and functions to lock the ironing board section against sliding movement. The other yoke 24 has its bight received in a transverse groove 27 formed in the under side of the section 18, the said bight being retained in the groove by the turning of the pivoted cleats 28 transversely across the groove after the bight is arranged therein. In order to provide means for bracing and retaining the board sections in extended position, a longitudinally slidable lock bar 29 is arranged on the under side of the section 19, said lock bar being slidably associated with the section by the headed elements 30 which pass through the longitudinalslot 31 in the lock bar. The inner end or extremity 32 of the lock bar is reduced to engage in the space defined by the reduced forwardly extending portion 33 of a keeper member 3a attached to the under side of the section 18. Under this arrangement when the sections 18 and 19 are distended the locl: bar will bridge the two sections as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 for the purpose of positively preventing folding or collapsing of the sections until the lock bar 29 is moved longitudinally. In order to provide means for supporting the ironing board in an elevated position from the table and at the same time to prevent swinging and lowering of the same when in use, arms 35 and 36 are pivoted as at 37 and 38 to the inner side of the opposite end walls 11. The arm 35 is provided with a reduced extremity 39 which fits into a transverse groove 40 in the under side of the section 18. The arm 36 is designed to engage under and impinge against the lock bar 29.

The foregoing discloses the manner in which the board is distended and supported longitudinally of the table when the top 13 is in open position. Where the space is insufficient to accommodate a longitudinal arrangement of the board as illustrated in Fig. 3, the construction admits of the swinging and arrangement of the board to project at a right angle to the length of the table as illustrated in Fig. 4. To accomplish this, the pivoted cleats 28 are turned to a position to uncover the groove 27 whereby the section 18 is disassociated from the yoke 24. The board is then swung on the swiveled pivot eye 25 and the set screw 26 is loosened to permit of relative sliding movement of the section 18 on the yoke 23. The opposite re duced extremity 41 of the keeper member 34 is adapted to fit into a recess or opening 42 in the front side wall 10 of the table as illustrated in Fig. 4. In this position the inner end of the section 18 is designed to rest directly upon the upper edges of the front side wall 10 and the rail 15. In order to provide means for supporting the outer section 19 from the floor, a pair of legs 43 are hinged at their inner ends as at 44 to the under side of the outer section 19, said legs being connected together adjacent their free ends by a cross bar 45. A brace 46 is pivoted as at 47 to each leg and is adapted to engage in a socket or recess 48 in the under side of the section 19. The legs and braces 46 are held or maintained, when not in use, against the under side of the section 19 by turn buttons 49.

When the ironing board is not in use, the lock bar 29 is shifted longitudinally to disengage its reduced end 32 from the reduced end 33 of the keeper member 34 and said lock bar is further moved to completely underlie the section 19. The section 19 is then swung to lie over and in parallel relation to the section 18, after which the pivoted arms 35 and 36 are swung to a horizontal position. The ironing board is then swung on the yokes 23 and 24 whereby the same will be nested within the table frame and will rest upon the cross rails 16. The top is then lowered whereby the article functions in the ordinary capacity as a table.

I claim:

1. The combination with a collapsible ironing board including a pair of sections having hinged connection to permit of the arrangement of said sections in parallel relation when folded or in alignment when unfolded, and means provided respectively on said sections for interengagement when unfolded to retain said sections in alignment, and a table having a hinged top and con stituting a housing for said ironing board when folded, of a means of connection between the ironing board and table to permit of the swinging of the ironing board to and from a position within the table comprising a pair of swinging yokes, a detachable connection between one of the yokes and the ironing board and a swiveled and sliding connection between the other yoke and the ironing board whereby to permit of the arrangement of the ironing board in alignment with the length of the table or at a right angle to the length of the same.

2. The combination with a collapsible ironing board including a pair of sections having hinged connection to permit of the arrangement of said sections in parallel relation when folded or in alignment when unfolded, and means provided respectively on said sections for interengagement when unfolded to retain said sections in alignment, and a table having a hinged top and constituting a housing for said ironing board when folded, of a means of connection between the ironing board and table to permit of the swinging of the ironing board to and from a position within the table comprising a pair of swinging yokes, a detachable connection between one of the yokes and the ironing board and a swiveled and sliding connection between the other yoke and the ironing board whereby to permit of the arrangement of the ironing board in alignment with the length of the table or at a right angle to the length of the same, and means carried by the ironing board adapted to support the projecting end of the same from the floor when arranged at a right angle to the table.

MEYER GOODMAN. [1 s] 

